A memorial plaque dedicated to six students who died in Berkeley, California in 2015 will be unveiled later today.

Five Irish students and one Irish-American woman lost their lives in June 2015 when a fifth-floor balcony collapsed during 21st birthday celebrations.

A new law to make America's construction industry more transparent is a step closer today - after passing a vital committee stage.

IT is incredible to think that over a year has passed since the tragic deaths of six young students when a balcony collapsed in Berkeley, California, and yet only now are the authorities reluctantly on the brink of changing the building code to ensure rogue contractors never cause such accidents again.

The agony of the Berkeley tragedy lives on for survivors and victims’ families, says Dan Buckley

Services will be held in memory of those who died in Berkeley today, one year from the date of the tragedy.

Last summer 12 Irish students in Berkeley, California were standing on a balcony when it disentegrated beneath their feet. Joe Leogue provides an update on the survivors, their search for justice and hears from students in the area today

The Irish priest who comforted students in the immediate aftermath of the Berkeley apartment tragedy has urged families not to let what happened prevent their children from travelling on J1 trips to America.

Companies that worked on construction of the apartment in the US where six students died last year risk losing their licence for failing to follow industry guidelines.

Three Irish women who left a balcony seconds before it collapsed, killing six college students, have sued the builders, owners and managers of the Berkeley building.

The US district attorney who investigated the Berkeley balcony collapse in which five Irish students and one Irish American woman died has decided against bringing criminal charges.

The Alameda County District Attorney has announced that her office will not be filing criminal charges in relation to the Berkeley balcony collapse last June.

More than 400 balconies in Berkeley, California are in need of corrective work, according to a report on the city’s buildings that was commissioned following the deaths of six Irish students last June.

A report on the inspection of thousands of buildings in Berkeley is to be published in the next fortnight, following the balcony collapse that claimed the lives of six Irish students in the Californian city last summer.

Preliminary civil legal proceedings following the Berkeley balcony collapse are due to commence in Oakland, California, on Monday.

A survivor of the Berkeley balcony collapse which claimed the lives of six friends in the US has returned to her studies.

The families of five Irish students killed when a California balcony collapsed have filed lawsuits over the incident.

The families of five Irish students killed when a California balcony collapsed have filed lawsuits over the incident.

The prosecutor leading the investigation into the Berkeley balcony collapse has said testing of materials used in the construction of the faulty structure is continuing.

President Michael D Higgins travelled to California to honour the victims of a balcony collapse that killed six college students and injured several others.

Today President Michael D Higgins will plant a tree in Berkeley in memory of the six Irish students who died there in June.

Bastian Schweinsteiger met with the family of Berkeley balcony collapse victim Nick Schuster today.

The final survivor of the Berkeley balcony collapse is officially on her way home to Ireland, it has been confirmed.

One of the Irish students injured in the Berkeley balcony collapse yesterday marked three months since the tragedy by remembering her friends who died in the incident.

An Irish college student injured in a balcony collapse in Berkeley, California, has said that he felt guilty he lived when six other young people died.

“We all grieve together. We all grieve in our own way, at our own speed. We all have our good days and our bad days, but we have them together.”

A priest who has been helping the victims of the Berkeley balcony collapse said he had been changed by the experience.

The families of students injured in the Berkeley tragedy in California are fighting constant battles with insurance companies to ensure the young victims get the best care as they continue their recoveries.

It’s an image to treasure, the uplifting photo of a smiling Clodagh Cogley, Berkeley tragedy survivor, crossing the Golden Gate Bridge with her father in fulfilment of one of the goals she had set herself.

Clodagh Cogley, one the seven people injured in the Berkeley balcony collapse, has returned Ireland.

Aoife Beary, one of the survivors of the Berkeley balcony collapse, has made significant improvements in her recovery. She has just been moved to a new facility so she can start her rehabilitation.

A statement on behalf of the families of four of the survivors of last month’s Berkeley balcony collapse, has thanked all who have helped the injured college students, and paid tribute to those who lost their lives.

Relatives of four of the victims of the Berkeley balcony collapse have thanked the public for their support, and appealed for time and space for the young people to recover.

Friends and supporters of Berkeley victim Aoife Beary are holding a fundraising event at Donnybrook Stadium in Dublin today.

Aoife Beary's family is again thanking those who have helped them since the Berkeley balcony collapse.

Irish rugby stars past and present will line out this Saturday in support of Berkeley balcony collapse victim Aoife Beary.

A minutes silence will be held before Manchester United's pre-season game as a tribute to those killed and injured in the Berkeley balcony collapse.

Nearly €400,000 has been donated to a fund providing assistance to families of students killed or injured in the Berkeley tragedy.

Berkeley City Council in California has approved stricter rules on building regulations in the wake of last month’s balcony collapse that killed six Irish students and injured seven others.

The city of Berkeley, California, has approved new building standards in the aftermath of a balcony collapse that left six people dead.